The article focuses on various regional main battle tank (MBT) programmes in Asia. It says that in East Asia, Japan has inducted 341 Type 90 MBTs deployed only in Hokkaido and Mount Fuji because of its 50-ton weight. It mentions the Army 2 10 Plus plan of the Malaysian Army in Southeast Asia. Furthermore , Pakistan depends on Chinese-sourced tanks but has turned to Ukraine for 320 T-80UD MBTs which were delivered since 1997.